Improvement in stage-scenery



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G. P. GORDON.

. STAGE SCENVERY. No..171,2Z1. Patented Dec. 21., 1875.

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with my invention.

in improvements in the construction offstage of stage-scenery so thatthe grooves in the stage i and above the same, now rendered necessary 7and use my invention, I will describe the conthe stage and behind theborders, which suflicient' distance apart from eachother. to answer thepurpose for whichthey are intendthe cleats 0, provided with openings,through GEORGEtP, scenes, or

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invented, made, and applied to use Improve reference marked thereon, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinven- 3 is an end view of'thesame. Fig. 4 is a rear view of a flat constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 5 is a rear view of a wing constructed in accordanceIn the drawing, like parts of the invention are indicated by the sameletters of'reference. The nature ofthe present invention consistsscenery, as more fully hereinafter set forth l the object of theinvention being the construction in theioperation of stage-scenery, maybe dispensed with, the scenes or scenery'may be expeditiously'and easilyoperated, and much time now consumed in properly supporting scenery, asat present constructed, may be saved or cconomized.

To enable those skilledin the arts to make struction and operation ofthe same.

A showsthe stage of a theater, constructed in the usual way, except thatthe groovesto form ways in which the flats or wings shall be moved toand fro, as desired,are dispensed with. The grooves also usually placedover the stage to form ways for the upper portions of the flats or wingsto be received in are dis pensed with, and in their stead I employ :aseries of bars or rods, B, extending across bars or rods B are securelyfastened at their ends in a proper manner, and are placed a ed. Upon therear of thewings O are placed Specificationjfo rming part of LettersPatent No. 17 1,221, dated Decembe I f November 10, 1875.

width ofthe Wings 0, two hooked rods, D

which is inserted a rod, D, having its upper BeooKLYN, NEW YORK.

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3 end turned over to form a hook, d.. This rod is; free to move up anddown in the cleats c.

The flats E are constructed similarly to the wings (J, save that, beinggenerally twice the moving freely in twice the number of perforatedcleats, are employed. a In addition to the rodsD, lemploy a series ofcastors 0r rollers, e, inserted in the slotted ilower ends-of the ings 0and flats E, and free to revolve upon spindles passed through themcentrally, al-

though I am well aware that my invention can becarried out withoutemploying them; yet, in many cases, particularly in the manipulation ofthe flats E, theywillbe found effi c ent and labor-saving. a y i a Suchbeing the construction, the operation may be thus set forth. The wingsor flats to be used are placed in their proper position upon the stage,the hooked rods are raised up so as to bring the hooks over the properbars or rods B, and the hooked rods are then drawn down until the hookedends are securely passed over the rods or bars B: The wings or flats maythen be moved easily to and fro across the stage, and as the rods arefree to turn in the cleats upon' the back of the wings a or flats, thesame may be placed in any position desired, either vertical or at anydesired angle. When desired to place a flat at an angle, one of thehooked rods by which it is held is placed over one of the bars or rods,and the other hooked rod is placed over the next or any one bar or rodback of it, the desired angle at which the flat shall stand beingdetermined by the hooked rods passed over the rods or bars.

It willbe observed that the shifting of the flats or wings can be thusexpeditiously-and easily accomplished; that the necessity of em-:ploying, in certain cases, props or supports for the same is dispensedwith ;-that the grooving of the stage is rendered unnecessary, thusallowingthe stage to be used for purposes where scenery is not required;and that what is known in theaters'as a box scene can be formed bycombining any of the flats or wings, and without the employment ofscenery specially designed for the purpose, and without. the use ofbraces, nails, screws, &c., or

the use of the hammer. The cost, too, of l 1521,1875; application f ledl manipulating and sustaining the scenery em} 2. The combination of oneor more bars, B,

'jiloy'egl'i's materially lessened, and the work is a wing, G, or flatE,h00ked rod D, and the cusgreatly expedited. ters 0r*r0llers e,substantially as and for the Hav ng now set forth my invention, what Ipurposes indicated. 'clziim'asnew is+ 1 1. The combination with one ormore bars 0r-rcds,'B,0faJwing',,O, or flatE, and hooked rod 1 1npresence cf D, substantially as and for the purposes de- A. SIDNEYDOANEscribed. V i W; E. WINSLOW.

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